Toy safe.



Patented July 3|, I900. J. A. HORTON.

TOY SAFE.

(Application filed Sept. 18, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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654,638, dated July 31, 1900.

Applicationfiled September 18,1899 serial n. 730,907. '(No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.- I

Be it knownjthat I, JAMES A. I-IORTON a citizen of the United States, residing at New Castle, in the county of Lawrence and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and v useful Toy Safe, of which thefollowing is a opening and constructed in specification.

This invention relates to toy safes, and has for its object to' provide a toy safe or savings bank provided with a trap-door or dischargesucha manner that said door may be seal-locked, whereby any attempt to gain access to the contents of the safe may be detected. The construction also provides for opening the trap-door and removing the contents of the safe i'na simple and easy manner by any authorized person. The safe is designed with special reference to the needs of small children and has 'p'ro vision whereby thecontents of the safe may be inspected, thus to 'agreat extent doing away with the desire'of children too'pen the safe in order to ascertain theamount contained therein. Y l

The detailed objects and advantages of the invention will be pointed out in the course of thesubjoined description.

The invention consists in a toy safe embodying certain novel features and details of construction and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter fully described and illustrated in the drawings and incorporated in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective View of a safe constructed in accordance with the present inventiomshowing the door thrown partly open. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional View of the same, taken on the line so so of Fig. 1 and looking toward the spring-controlled arm of the rock-shaft. .Fig. 3 is a bottom similar view showing the trapdoor partially open. Fig. 5 is a detail horizontal section through the front portion of the safe, show:

ing the manner of mounting the glass panel" perspective View of the safe, showing the trap-door closed. Fig. 4 is a ordinary commercial safe in every day use. The safe is provided at the front with a hinged door 2, and set back from the door is a glass panel 3, which occupies the position ordinarily occupied by the inner door of a com- "mercial safe. In order to prevent breakage of the glass panel 3, the door-opening in rear of thedoor 2 is surrounded by obliquely-disposed and inwardlyconverging flanges 4, which at their rear edges form a seat against which the glass panel bears. It is not necessary, however, for the panel to bear against the edges of said flanges, and it may therefore be located at a slight distance therefromand out of actual contact, if desired. The

edges of the glass panel are received' in grooved cleats or i guides 5, secured to the sides, top, and bottom of the safe, upon the in side thereof, and these guides preferably consist of metal strips bent or recurved on ace n-- tral longitudinal line to form parallel flanges or portions 6, between which the edges ofthe glass are received. The edges of the glass are also protected by strips of any suitable padding-such as elastic felt, paper, or textile material-the strips being folded aroundthe edges of the glass prior to the insertion of thfe glass in the guides. only prevent breakage of the glass, but also obviate any rattling of the same; 1 The top of the safe is provided with an opening from which depends a flat tube 7, said tube extending downward into thein'terior of thesafe, so asto render it difficult to manipulate the safe by; turning it upside .downinorder to cause the 'c'oinsto pass outward through said tube. The tube is also inclined toward the back of the safe, so that in depositing the coins thjerein they will not be thrown in contact with the glass panel at the front of the safe, and a pivoted lift-handle 7 covers the upper end of the opening when not 1n use. i

These elastic stripslnot' The bottom of the safe,upon which the coins rest, is provided at a suitable point and peer erably at its center with an opening 8, through which coins may be discharged. This opening is normally closed by means of a hinged trap-door 9, which is rigidly mounted along its center on a rock-shaft 10, journaled in bearings ll, attached to the bottom 8 of the safe. The edges of the trap-door 9 are rabbeted, as shown at 11*, and the edges of the p bottom 8, which bound said opening,;arecor--.l

respondingly rabbeted ,to receive the rabbeted edges of the door, thus enabling the door to seat itself flush within the opening and avoid obstructions on the upper and lower surfaces of thebot tom 8. Oneend' of the shaft 10 is bent'substantially at a right angle and extended upward through an opening 12 in the bottom 8 and upward within the safeto form a controlling-arm 13, which has attached to its upper end one end of a coiled 1 spring 15, theoppositeendpf which, is Vattached to the inner surfaeeof one oflthesafe walls, as shown at 15*, the tension of said spring being exerted on the arm 13 to hold the:

trap-door 9j'norrnally closed. The other end of the shaft 110 opposite the: controlling-arm" 13 passes :into a depending compartment. or receptacle16, projecting downwardfrom the bottom 8," and; within saidreceptacle is located Bilateral. projection or wing 17, constituting'falocking member rigid on the shaft 10 and adapted torock therewith when the shaftisturnedzw The receptacle 16 is rectangularin. cross-section, and the wing or pro jection 17, on the shaft 10 lies normallygclosei to or against one side of said receptacle and in parallel relation thereto.

Inorderto seal-lock the trap-door 9, a plug 18 is inserted in the compartment or receptacle 1 6, said plug filling the space therein and serving toprevent the part .17 from being; "rockedor swung, thus preventing the rock:

shaftfrom being turned, and consequently the trap-door from :being thrown open," "By removing said plug'18, however, the part '17 is allowed to swing, and thus the ;door may be opened for emptying the contents of the safe. I The :plug:18 ispreferably composed of.

some} material .that will melt readily underthe influence of heat or, liquids, such'aswax,"

plaster' ofiparis, &c.l After the trap-door has beenclosed the compartment 16 may be readily filled with this material, and if desired the impress offa seal-ring maybe applied to the wax for a'nfobvious purpose.

By means ofthe'construction and arrange menth'ereinabovel described it will be seen that I have provided simple and novel means j for seallocking the discharge-door of a toy safe orbank and that while access may be,

readily had thereto by an adult or person un-. derstaiiding thenatureand removal of said sealing-plug'suchdoorwill be efiectually guardedfby. being seal-locked, it being un likely'jtha'ta child would attempt to remove and replacesaid seal on account of the danger of "detection. By having the glasspanel at the front crime safe a child may inform 4 himself'at any timeas to the contents ofqthe safe, and this will to a great extent-remove the desire; toforce an entrance to'the'safe;

Fromthefforegoing it is thought that the, construction, toperatlon, and 'many" awaitages of the: herein-described invention will be apparent to thos'e skilled in the art-witnout further description, and it will be under stood that various changesin the size, shape, proportion, andminor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit orsacrificing any of the advantages of the invention. Havin-g thus described the invention, what is claimed, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is

{1. Atoly safe having a coin-receiving opening and a coin-removing opening in its outer wall, a plastic seal retained upon the wall of ithjerzsafeg-a door closing the coin-removing 8o opening-,anda locking member movable with the door and retained in fixed relation to the "W511 by the plasticseal, which latter thereby A constitutes both a seal and a lockforlthedoor.

2. Atoysafe having acOin-remOVin'g open-:8 5 ing in its outerwall, agdoor closing said open-- ing, a locking element movable 'withthedoor,

a plastic seal engaging andrigidly retainingv said locking member, and means formetain-- ing the. plastic seal upon, thewallof the safe to one side of the door, a i 3. A toy safehaving,acoin-removing open ing in its ou ter'wall a hingeddoOn closing said opening, a locking member constituting; if an element ofthehingaland a sealaifixed to 5 the wall of thesafe and retaining thelocking .member rigid .yvith the wall. 1'. p

4. A toy safe having a coin-removingopen ing in its outerwall, a 'tiltin'gtrap doonfor j said opening, a d0or closingshaft upon which oo :the doorismounted, said-shaftiihaving arig-id lateral projection, and Ya seal affixed" to the wall of the safean'd engaging the lateral'proq- .j ectiontoretain said projection rigid with-the 3W3; I v I05 5. In a toy safe, the combination withan outer shell or casing, having adoor opening, i ofa hinged door therefor,inwardly-conver L extendin g therefrom, groovedsguides attached i 16 fitted in saidgu-ides, andlying adjacent to the inner edges' of said .-flanges, and cushionin g-strips embraoin g the. edges of isaidl panel and interposed between'saidmdges and the I I 5 g d swhich the edges .arereceived, substantially as described; I

p 6. In agtoy, safehaving angoutlet-opening, a trap dopr for closing -said..openi ng, a-rockr shaft onwhich saiddoorismounted, aspring- 12o controlled ar-mvon saidtrock-shaftwithin the safe, a lateral projection orwingonsaid shaft, a receptaclein whichsaid projection orwing is received, and a plug fittedlinfsaid :recep- I tacle for preventing movement of said -pro- 1 2 5 jection or wing,.substantially.l as describedsa 7, In a toysafe having an outlet-opening;- a trap-door for closing said opening, a doorshaft, a lateral projection on said shaft, an

. ceptacl e in'which said projection is received, I o and a plug or filling of soft material arranged 1n said receptacle,. andadapted to be-removedsubstantially in the manner last and for the purpose specified. r .l

gent flanges bounding the d'ooreopening-andn to the inner walls, of the safe,. a glass panel 8. In a toy safe having an outlet-opening, shaft, and a seal separate from the door and a trap-door controlling said opening, a rockengaging with the shaft for holding the parts shaft on which said door is mounted, a recfixed. tangular compartment, a rigid lateral wing In testimony that I claim the foregoing as 15 5 or projection on said shaft and movable within my own I have hereto aflixed my signature in said compartment and a seal-lock for prevent the presence of two witnesses. ing movement of said wing therein, substantially as and for the purpose specified. 7 JAMES HORTON 9. A toy safe having an opening in its outer Witnesses: 10 Wall through which the coins may be removed, D. N. KEAS'I,

a trap-door for said opening, a door-closing J. W. WORRELL. 

